Sitting all day can cause ‘dead butt syndrome’. These exercises can help
With cold weather and the pandemic leaving many of us spending even more time sitting, it’s important to activate your glutes right now.
Donkey kicks are a good exercise to include in a warmup to activate the glutes before a workout.TODAY illustration / Courtesy Stephanie Mansour
We all know that sitting for extended periods of time can negatively affect our health — but its role in weakening the muscles in your behind is a lesser known concern.
“Dead butt syndrome”, also called lower cross syndrome, gluteal amnesia or gluteus medius tendinosis, occurs when the gluteus medius (one of the three main muscles in the buttock) weakens due sitting all day.
Source: Dead butt syndrome: 5 exercises to help activate your glutes
